Hide

Warminster

hide
Hide

"WARMINSTER, a parish, post and market town, in the hundred of Warminster, county Wilts, 4 miles S. of Westbury, and 9 from Trowbridge. It is a station on the Wilts and Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, on the river Willey, and near the south-western boundary of Salisbury Plain. It is a petty sessions and polling town, including the hamlets of Boreham and Bugley. Warminster is mentioned in Domesday Book as Guersminstre, and having been held in demesne by Edward the Confessor paid neither Danegeld nor Hidage. The manor subsequently came through the Mauduits, Hungerfords, Howards, and others, to the Thynnes, of Longleat."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

The historic parish is St Denys.

Hide
topup

Church Records

  • Common to all parishes is a IGI Chr 1762-1836 Batch C078051

topup

Description & Travel

  • 'Virtual Warminster' is a website with information including a timeline and a bibliography.

You can see pictures of Warminster which are provided by:

topup

Gazetteers

topup

Genealogy

topup

History

topup

Maps

    You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST859458 (Lat/Lon: 51.211633, -2.203317), Warminster which are provided by:

    topup

    Population

    • Population was 6,115 in 1831, 7,660 in 1951.

     

    topup

    Societies

    You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.